6/5/13

So just now I finally got to do something I have been wanting to do for ages.

Was it going to work, to serve the people of my fine state to the best of my ability?

No, although work has its moments.

Was it helping my seventh grader with his science homework, to wit, making his own periodic table?

No. And if your child ever has this assignment, do something like fruit. Do not do "interesting wars and battles." These are Really Hard to organize into a periodic table, and we decided to ditch all the battles of WW II and the Iraq War he'd gathered (too clustered) so we had to scrabble for more. 11 o'clock found us desperately searching for a naval battle fought between 1457 and 1602. 7:14 am the next day brought a frantic search for a religious conflict post 1500, pre 1900. Stressful. Most of the other students did fruit.

Was it selling off the grass in the back yard as mow-your-own hay?

No. I shall deal with that this weekend, while listening to an audio book on my new portable cd player! (thanks, co-worker Jeff!)

Was it cleaning up after the past weekend's book sale at the library, whimpering softly to myself as I moved books I'd already moved 4 times already?

No, although I did need to get my shoe rack bookshelf home in order to do it...

14 comments:

I read every weekend, but I doubt my reading has ever been so highly organized. You are impressive. One more week until summer for me then I can wallow and swim in my tbrs for two and a half months. If I could avoid acquiring more in that time I might make it through 60%.